Re Westmid Packing Services Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1998
Year1998
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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73 cases
  • O'Ferral v Coughlan
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 21 December 2004
    ...BARINGS PLC (NO 6), IN RE; SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE & INDUSTRY V BAKER (NO 6) 1999 1 BCLC 433 WESTMID PACKAGING SERVICES LTD 1998 2 BCLC 646 COMPANIES ACT 1990 S202(6) Synopsis: COMPANY LAW Directors Restriction - Non-resident directors - Wholly owned subsidiary - Duties of directors - ......
  • Re Cayman International Bank and Trust Company Ltd
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 9 March 2006
    ...IN RE 1991 CH 164 1991 3 AER 578 COMPANIES ACT 1990 S160(9)(a) COMPANIES ACT 1990 S150 WESTMID PACKAGING SERVICES LTD 1998 2 AER 124 1998 2 BCLC 646 COMPANY LAW Directors Disqualification - Conduct - Fitness to manage company - Mitigation - Re NIB; Director of Corporate Enforcement v D'Arcy......
  • Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Blunt
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
  • Weavering Macro v Peterson
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 26 August 2011
    ...of Briggs J. applied. (5) Prospect Properties Ltd. v. McNeill, 1990–91 CILR 171, referred to. (6) Westmid Packing Servs. Ltd., Re, [1998] 2 BCLC 646, followed. Companies-directors-powers and duties-duty of directors, whether remunerated or not, to supervise investment companies with reasona......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • BTI v. Sequana ' What's New For Directors In The Zone Of Insolvency?
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 27 December 2022
    ...in mind that directors are under a duty to inform themselves about the company's affairs (In re Westmid Packing Services Ltd (No 3) [1998] 2 BCLC 646, 653); and the rule in West Mercia will itself incentivise directors to keep the solvency of the company under careful Lady Arden viewed the ......
  • Company Directors: Duties And Liability In Cayman Islands Law
    • Cayman Islands
    • Mondaq Cayman Islands
    • 26 October 2012
    ...on the facts of each particular case, including the director's role in the management of the company". Re Westmid Packing Services Ltd [1998] 2 BCLC 646 which provided that "Each individual director owes duties to the company to inform himself about its affairs and to join with his co-direc......
3 books & journal articles
  • The Regulation of Shadow Directors
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...EC v National Mutual Life Nominees supra note 23; Re WestmidPacking Services Ltd, Secretary of State for Tradeand Industry v Griffiths [1998] 2 All ER 124 at 130-1.REGULATION OF SHADOW DIRECTORS 337© Juta and Company (Pty) 3.4 Arguments for and against a Secondary LiabilityClassificationThe......
  • What Makes a Director Fit? An Analysis of the Workings of Section 17 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
    • United Kingdom
    • Edinburgh Law Review No. , September 2012
    • 1 September 2012
    ...to be a director of the company. In Re Westmid Packing Services: Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Griffiths and others51[1998] 2 All ER 124; [1998] BC C 836. the Court of Appeal gave some general guidance as to what is relevant and admissible evidence for the purpose of determini......
  • Brown, Governor of California v Plata
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 75-2, March 2012
    • 1 March 2012
    ...to which it is exposed.54 This appears to go further50 HL Grand Committee col 282 6 February 2006.51 Re Westmid Packing Services Ltd [1998] 2 BCLC 646, CA. See also, Re Barings plc (No 5) Secretary ofState for Trade and Industry vBaker (No 5) [2000] 1 BCLC 523, CA, 536.52 As seen from the f......

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